What muscles does this one hit?

[BolanRox]

I saw two guys doing this one today at two separate points in time. Never seen it before but it looked interesting. It looks / feels like its hitting the outer part of the shoulder but i cant really tell.


It was done with Dumbbells: You start out with your arms lifted up (parallel to the flow) an running in line with your back. Your elbows are bent 90 degrees so the d/bs are running parallel to your back,your palms are facing down. From there you just bring your arms up pivoting at your elbows (and not moving your arm between your elbow and shoulder.) any ideas on what this is called??

[muscletrainerdh]

Originally Posted by BolanRox

I saw two guys doing this one today at two separate points in time. Never seen it before but it looked interesting. It looks / feels like its hitting the outer part of the shoulder but i cant really tell.


It was done with Dumbbells: You start out with your arms lifted up (parallel to the flow) an running in line with your back. Your elbows are bent 90 degrees so the d/bs are running parallel to your back,your palms are facing down. From there you just bring your arms up pivoting at your elbows (and not moving your arm between your elbow and shoulder.) any ideas on what this is called??

BolanRox,

Was it THE CUBAN PRESS?

Those work the external rotators, so great for shoulder strengthening/rehab, but not a big mass builder.

Dave

[BolanRox]

thanks! yeah thats basically it (except they were both started at the middle position).

Can they be used a shoulder warm up?

[NicoSuave32]

Originally Posted by BolanRox

thanks! yeah thats basically it (except they were both started at the middle position).

Can they be used a shoulder warm up?

that's exactly what I do for shoulder and chest warm up you can also put your arms at your side and do it for better support of the upper arm.

[omargue]

its also really good to strengthen your rotator cuff

[BolanRox]

cool, looks like i have something else to add to my shoulder day

[HDJoe]

Originally Posted by BolanRox

thanks! yeah thats basically it (except they were both started at the middle position).

Can they be used a shoulder warm up?

yes, they are very good as a warm up. I do very light weight. It is a good prevention measure against trotator cuff injuries

[bhavin1986]

I do similar exercises for warming up on shoulder days and on chest and biceps day. Purely because the shoulders are used so much on benching as well. Plus I had a bit of a twinge in my shoulder a few months back. More of a preventative thing now.

[yitmy]

yo pretty aggressive exercise and hard to maintain shoulders abducted to 90 degrees so low weights and very slow speed of execution otherwise the Cuban Press will be very harmful and not helpful for your Rotator Cuff. Also note this is a position where the shoulder becomes increased in fatigue due to shoulder anatomy may cause reduced blood supply to the shoulder musculature. A better way to perform initially would be to set up cables with elbow at 90 degrees or against rib cage and slowlly rotate your arm/hand away from the machine. This to will engage your target muscles, and will make the position much more comfortable. Note the rotator cuff muscles are small but are endurance based. This means 12 and fewer reps will not really stregthen much. Higher or longer reps are needed. Again slow is better than fast for if you jerk the weight this can cause a tear of the muscles.

Hey MuscleDH neat find on the name the cuban press, + for you.